TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp.
1993 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp., 509 U.S. 443 (1993), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which upheld the decision of the West Virginia state court awarding $19,000 in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages to the plaintiff. Although multiple justices recognized that the punitive damages were 526 times the compensatory damages, the Court held a "general concern of reasonableness" should guide courts in determining constitutionally acceptable damages under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Quick Facts TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp., Argued March 31, 1993 Decided June 25, 1993 ...
TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. | |
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Argued March 31, 1993 Decided June 25, 1993 | |
Full case name | TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. |
Docket no. | 92-479 |
Citations | 509 U.S. 443 (more) |
Holding | |
The punitive damages awarded do not violate Due Process, and no test can be created to distinguish constitutionally acceptable or unacceptable damages that would fit every case. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Plurality | Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, Blackmun, Kennedy (in part) |
Concurrence | Kennedy |
Concurrence | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
Dissent | O'Connor, joined by White, Souter (in part) |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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